Gastroprotective effect and safety assessment of Zanthoxylum Zanthoxyloides (Lam) waterm root bark extract

American Journal of Pharmacology and Toxicology

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 73-80

  Boye, Alex ^a   Koffuor, George Asumeng ^b   Boampong, Johnson Nyarko ^a   Amoateng, Patrick ^c   Ameyaw, Elvis Ofori ^b   Ansah, Ernest Owusu ^a   Addai, Gabriel Manu ^a   Adjei, Cecilia Konama ^a   Addo, Justice ^a   Penu, Dennis Korbla Amego ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE COAST   (Ghana)

^b KWAME NKRUMAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Ghana)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GHANA   (Ghana)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine; Antihistaminic; Antimuscarinic; Curative Ratio (CR); Esomeprazole; Gastric ulcer; Red Blood Cell Count (RBC); Ulcer Index (UI); White Blood Cell count (WBC)

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ATROPINE; BILIRUBIN; ESOMEPRAZOLE; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; HISTAMINE PHOSPHATE; INDOMETACIN; MEPYRAMINE; NICOTINE; PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZANTHOXYLUM ZANTHXYLOIDES EXTRACT;

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BARK; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; GAMMA GLUTAMYL TRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMIDITY; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; MALE; NONHUMAN; ORGAN WEIGHT; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PLANT ROOT; RAT; STOMACH MUCOSA; STOMACH PROTECTION; STOMACH ULCER; ZANTHOXYLUM; ZANTHOXYLUM ZANTHXYLOIDES;

EID: 84865139585     PISSN: 15574962     EISSN: 15574970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3844/ajptsp.2012.73.80     Document Type: Article

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